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Investment Advisor January 2008 Jeff Joseph |
The Year in Hedge Funds In a year marked by high volatility in the financial markets, the 10 strategies tracked by the Credit Suisse/Tremont Hedge Fund Index outperformed major global equity indexes and experienced lower volatility than the overall markets. |
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Mike Pienciak |
How to Hedge for Uncertain Times The bear put spread offers the potential for an excellent return with a small capital outlay. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Kevin Scollan |
The Best ETF for 2007: iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund There's a lot to like about the iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund. Having made its debut more than 10 years ago, it is one of the pioneers among international ETFs and has attracted more than $13 billion in net assets. |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Are You Prepared for a Market Correction? Volatility is coming -- get ready for it. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Is the SPDR S&P 500 a Buy? A clear-headed assessment of the data may not support buying the S&P 500 just yet, despite the correction that began in May. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Doug Short |
Competing With the S&P 500 If you want to increase your chance of beating the S&P 500 year after year, one good way is to broaden your investment choices to include a generous mix of smaller caps and international equities. Mutual funds and ETFs offer an easy means to get that degree of breadth. |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Is It Time to Get Back Into Stocks? One indicator Wall Street has been watching. |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Andy Louis-Charles |
Is Now A Good Time for the S&P? The S&P 500 has recently fallen to levels unseen since the start of the Iraq War in 2003. The question is, are investors better or worse off owning it? |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
6 Blue Chip Stocks to Beat the Market High-quality companies are cheap. One subset of Dow stocks looks even more promising. |
Financial Advisor April 2008 C. & J. Carty |
Capturing Alpha With ETFs An actively managed portfolio of exchange-traded funds can generate risk-adjusted excess returns above those of its individual funds -- a positive alpha. |
Registered Rep. October 26, 2012 Brad Zigler |
Is It Prime Time for Event Driven ETPs? Portfolios pursuing event-driven (ED) strategies attempt to profit from mergers, restructurings, shareholder buybacks, tender offers, debt exchanges and private security offerings. There are some, but not many, event driven ETFs available. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
It's Time to Sell Your Small-Cap Stocks Large-cap valuations are unusually attractive. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 |
Sarah Ketterer: My Favorite Indicator The CEO and portfolio manager of Causeway Capital Management is watching volatility. |
Financial Advisor December 2009 Marla Brill |
Chasing Returns Emerging market ETFs are big winners this year, but concerns about unsustainable values are mounting. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2012 Brad Zigler |
Beta Is Not a Bad Word Adjusting a portfolio's beta creates value -- either positive or negative -- on top of any produced by the managers' stock-picking skills. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Bet Against the Dow and Win There are a number of exchange-traded funds that provide investors the opportunity to benefit from market declines. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
2 Euro-Shy Global Investments These funds tread lightly in this risky region. |
BusinessWeek May 1, 2006 Aaron Pressman |
A High-Risk Diet For Investors Why a portfolio full of commodities may not be the best hedge against inflation. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
You Can Invest in This Top-Tier Hedge Fund U.K. hedge fund manager Marshall Wace, which manages over $5 billion in assets, is effectively dropping membership requirements with the planned launch of an exchange-traded fund that will replicate one of its flagship strategies. |
Financial Advisor July 2012 Brad Zigler |
Which Are Best, Hedge Funds Or ETPs Hedge-replica exchange-traded products are gaining traction. Here's why. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
The Only Investing Strategy for a Bear Market Investors should ask themselves: in this new "bear" reality, where no one knows which way the market is heading, what works and what doesn't and, most importantly, how can I protect my assets against further losses? |
The Motley Fool February 8, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Are Emerging Markets in Danger? Time will tell whether the current blip in emerging markets' fortunes is temporary or the start of a more pervasive downward trend. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2008 J Gibson Watson |
The Sleeping Bear Has Emerged. Now What? The hardest-hit market segments are often the ones that will lead the pack during the subsequent recovery. |
The Motley Fool July 24, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Go Europe! An Overview of European ETFs With Asia so hyped and U.S. markets so richly priced, add a little Continental exposure to your portfolio. MSCI Austria Index Fund... MSCI UK Index Fund... Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund... etc. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
10 Core Stocks: A Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Update The fund's success speaks to the importance of having a diversified portfolio that covers all the stops in the market capitalization spectrum. |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Cast the Biggest Net for Profits Building a strong portfolio doesn't have to be hard. If you pick wisely, you can do it with just a few index funds. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Temma Ehrenfeld |
Indexing Works Even fans of index funds often believe they do worse than funds with active managers during bear markets. |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
Biggest Market Opportunity: Cash? (No, I'm Not Insane) Stock investors should consider future opportunities in addition to existing choices: It's not about what you're not earning on the cash today, it's about earning premium returns on the investments you'll be able to make with that cash tomorrow. |
Registered Rep. December 30, 2010 Brad Zigler |
New Meets Old: Measuring Gold Market Risk Is it just too late in gold's bull market to justify the risk of entry? |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Don't Give Up On These Investments Here are three exchange-traded funds that are trailing the market this year -- and why you might want to keep them around. |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Resolve to Invest Smarter Three tips to help your portfolio become fit and gain weight in a good way. |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2008 Brian Richards |
Roundtable: Dow 10,000? After topping the 14,000 mark last October, the Dow now sits around 12,300. What should investors make of the drop? Where is the market headed from here? |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
5 Cheap Stocks, 1 Rich Trade Right now, two factors are combining to produce opportunities for enormous gains on specific stock option trades. |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
A New Way to Battle the Economy Should you defend your portfolio with the new Sabrient Defensive Equity Index ETF? |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why Mega-Cap Stocks Are Not Enough Before you jump into the biggest, most popular index funds that are based on the S&P 500 index, think twice. |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 Jeff Fischer |
Most Stocks Are Losers According to a recent Money magazine article, a study from Dimensional Fund Advisors concluded that a mere 25% of the stocks in the U.S. market were responsible for all the gains from 1980 to 2008. Here's how to make money anyway. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2005 Craig L. Israelsen |
Three's Not a Crowd How passive fund investors can get the best exposure to the whole U.S. market. |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2007 Saibal Saha |
Building a Better Index Fund WisdomTree Trust, with its exchange-traded funds based in the foreign fundamentals, offers one smart way to go international with fewer hassles. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Trade Like a Hedge Fund Although this strategy is often used by hedge funds and applied to equities, you can also build your own 130/30 portfolio using ETFs. |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
Finding Value in All the Tech Places Lately, some of the biggest names in tech look a lot like value stocks: Apple... Cisco... Google... HP... IBM... Intel... Microsoft... |
Financial Planning October 1, 2011 Craig L. Israelsen |
Multiply Returns by Dividing Gaining exposure to U.S. stocks by using three equally weighted index funds produced better performance than a single mega-market index fund during the Lost Decade of 2001 to 2010. |
Real Estate Portfolio Mar/Apr 2004 |
Did You Know: The NAREIT Equity REIT Index outperformed the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average for the fourth consecutive year. |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Farnoosh Torabi |
On The Upside The economy may be heading downhill, but for short funds, things are looking up. |
BusinessWeek May 28, 2009 Kalwarski & Levisohn |
Finding Higher Returns With Lower Risk There is surging interest in low-volatility investment strategies. Still, some investors are finding ways to make volatility work for them. |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2010 Andrew Bond |
Copper Shines, Too Copper demand remains strong as supply stays tight. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
What's Next for Stocks? After the best quarter since 1998, what can you expect, and how should you react? |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2010 Brad Hessel |
So Far, It's Not Like the 1930s Stock market volatility declines -- again. |
BusinessWeek July 24, 2006 Jane Sasseen |
Ta-Da! Cheaper Stock Options! Companies are tinkering with the formulas they use to value them. |
The Motley Fool December 13, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Best ETF for 2012: Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets Why this diversified index fund is a wise choice. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How Investors Beat the Great Recession A simple strategy brought many back to even. Many investors use asset allocation strategies to spread their risk across various types of investments. |